1.7 ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Island Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Island Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Island Beach are occupied by people living alone. This is far above the national figure, making it an area where small households are the norm. Only 1.7 people live in the typical home, which is well below the state and national averages.
1.7
▼ -19.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Island Beach — lower than 94% of areas.
| Island Beach | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5222, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half of households (52.6%) consist of one person, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, the usual home size of 1.7 people is among the lowest for similar areas.
52.6% ▲ +84.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Island Beach splits fairly evenly between 1 person (47%) and 2 people (47%), with 4 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 80%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
11.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Island Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 78%; Couples with children is next at 11%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Island Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40630/island-beach/topic/family-households